Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-04-20
EFFECTS OF COCAINE.
A Noted Medical Mans Astouish-
ing Experiments
Hypodermic Injections Of the Drug Rros
ducing n Great Loosening OF the In
teilect-A Chat with Ex-Suf.
Eeon-General Hammond.
m. Y. SUM-

4. me
"At first injected one grain, and expe.
rienced an exhilaration Of spirits sim liar
to that produced by two or three giasses
of champagne" said Dr.. Hammend 70 .
reporter. "My powers of Imagination In
creased. The physical sensation was q
delightful, undulating thrill. I was IN q
very happy frame OF mind--a socaabls
mood-and, no doubt, would have been quit q
agreeable company. This after ezfece4
were inability to sleep until Ave In tAe
morning, and headache when gut ap.
The next night took two grains, snd, h
addition to tho sensations described.
felt desire TO write. had begun Q Les
ter to friend, and under the influence q
the drug extended what would have beoa
missive Of moderate length 20 an epistl1
covering q wide variety Of topics and
forty-eight pages Of paper. n
proved to be correctly written sna
coherent and gave much sst
Ifound thatI had treated diffuscly or many
things that ordinarily / would not deom
worth mentioning. II man were dssirs
GUS OF writing to fll space, or utterly en-
hausting given subject even to the mcs1
trivial details, 1 would recommend him 81
I'LL his inkstand, get q reem or twO e
paper and plenty Of pens, and have Q pAys
sician give him hypodermic Injection of
cocaine. IL you want TO condense yoas
subject, don't take cocaine in large doses.
No doubt moderate quantity taken b
wine will stimulate tho imaginatioa and
enable one to writs moro brilliantly anA
with less effort than no otherwise could.
Eugene Sue mover wrote without o hottts
OF champaign at his elbow, and tho luKu-
rance of his Imagination displayed IN tAa
Wandering Jew may be attributed, 10
part, 10 the effect Of the vino. The differ
ence between cocaine and alcohol es
stimulants 10 that alcohol has 4
tendency to lower the mental
and moral tone and brutaiisA
the nature. while cocaine has o refining,
softening effect. Under the influence u
moderate doses I became rather sents
mental and said nice things 70 every bSdy,
The world was going very we'll, and had
favorable opinion of my fellow men and
women. There is not bit Of pagnacita
about me, and didn't want to hght argue
or dispute with any ons.
"The next time increased the dose 60
three grains, which unlimbered my tongue
in the most astonishing way WANTED "a
talk, and did talk, not in tho oratoricef
manner, but was just purely loquacious.
When nobody was present talked to my
self. There was no odisarrangemento Of The
mental faculties, no disorder OF the pro-
cess OF thought ! talked coherently and
correctly, and am certain that II he'd
been in tho lecture room should have
spoken much better than usually spoak
/ was perfectly able to restrain the i'm
pulse to talk, but it was pleasant 10 speak,
and enjoyed myself hugely. There was
an abnormal quickening Of the faculties;
the minds operations were rapid, and Ms
;y11n ncr;r fiA, ,s,y;I R-tY
"Then l doubled the quantity Of the CO.
caine, and became somewhat intoxicated.
Tho scribbling propensity return cd, gnA 1
wrote voluminously. 1 was preparing q
medical work, and my mind was full q
the subject matter WhatI wrote was an
introduction to the book and thought II q
very brilliant production. Ideas eaRN
thick and fast, and / was persuaded thai
my composition work was going TO eclipsa
any thing that had ever done in that liAs.
When put it away and went TO bed,
congratulated myself that should be
satisfied with my nights work when
should read it over. didn't sleep n al
that night. When looked over my famous
introduction l found il to be arrant noo.
sense. Each sentence was complete ana
coherent in itself, but mono had any rola,
ton TO the others, although al were n Sns
in the book. The stu n read ~ o
whole very much like dressa.
1t was a mess Of ragged, disco0,
nectcd ideas and notions, set. down
in a disorderly fashion and containinn
matter that did not belong to an introduc-
tion. But in spite OF the rampant disorder
of ideas, had no ballucinations sucn %
are produced by hasheesh, no grotesQus
delusions or insane imagining. The msa-
tai machinery was running with the gov
ernor belt thrown OF, and the brain raced.
so to speak. Eight grains, three nights
later produced similar effects, but dk6
not writc, and the sensations became rsAh,
or painful than agreeable.
'The next night determined to make q
moro severe test, and so subjected eighteen
grains within twenty minutes Tho resuitsI
were stunning l became intensely o.,
hilarated and finally oblivious. What
did, or thought, or felt don't know, ex-
cept from circumstantial evidence. Eue
to bed in some way. In the morning
found the library in disorder. An
the volumes of two largo cYciopDdian
were opened and scattered about the floov.
as though had been searching for sonno-
thing and could not hnd IL had not tAs
slightest recollection Of touching book
or wanting to look up any thing. Any
brilliant idea l might have had under tho
influence of eighteen grains Of cocoains is
irrecoverably lost TO tho world. But
have vivid remembrance Of most prepos-
ferrous headache that lasted two days and
refused to succumb TO cold baths cured
it with strong coffee. Thea stopped the
experiments. i acquired no habit and had
no difficulty in quitting the use Of cocaine.
Experiments upon others and observation
OF the results Of administering cocaine In
cumulative doses for three months in caseA
requiring such treatment have satisfed me
that there is no cocaine habit. Whom used
to cure the opium habit by persons igno-
rant OF the proper way Of using It
cocaine has produced bad effects; but aH
opium eater has a habit OF having Q hA btk.
and no will power, ana il he were TO take
sawdust as a substitute for opium he
would acquire a sawdust habit Take the
opium or morphine habit away from the
patient and administer cocaine property
and you will cure the opium habit with
out introducing cocaine habit
'One singular effect Of cocaine IL that n
will induce peopls 70 speak who sPe
afflicted with silent melanchoia A womaH
who had not spoken for nino months be-
gan to talk within four minutes after I
had injected four grains, and in ton min
utes she talked a. O rate that made up for
lost time. Nothing could stop hor.
Whether this property Of cocaine 10 benes
ficisl and desirable, depends, pcrhsp6s
upon circumstances"
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